1980 Soviet First League Explained

Season:	1980
Nextseason:	1981

The 1980 Soviet First League was the tenth season of the Soviet First League and the 40th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Top scorers

	Player	Club	Goals
1	Volodymyr Naumenko	Tavriya Simferopol	33 (2)
2	Anatoliy Bykov	Dynamo Stavropol	23 (1)
3	Gennady Smirnov	Fakel Voronezh	22 (2)
4	Vitaly Razdayev	Kuzbass Kemerevo	21
	Nodar Bachiashvili	Metallist Kharkov	21 (1)
6	Merab Megreladze	Guria Lanchkhuti	20
7	Oleksandr Pogoryelov	Kolos Nikopol	19
	Vadim Pavlenko	Dnepr Dneprpropetrovsk	19 (5)
9	Ivan Shariy	Metallurg Zaporozhye	18 (1)

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1		10	SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Iskra Smolensk, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Spartak Nalchik, Uralmash Sverdlovsk
2		8	Tavria Simferopol, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Kolos Nikopol, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Odessa, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3		2	Torpedo Kutaisi, Guria Lanchkhuti
4		1	Pamir Dushanbe
	Nistru Kishinev
	Žalgiris Vilnius
	Buston Dzhizak

External links

• 1980 season. RSSSF